i'm alfred edmond, jr. >> susie: and finally tonight, it's the end of an era. after 20 years in new orleans, the mardi gras museum has closed its doors. the museum suffered from a drop in attendance and a cut in city funding. all the memorabilia will be put on the auction block march 8. bidders will have the chance to acquire costumes and other festival items. tom, any interest in a 1974 gremlin automobile completely covered with mardi gras beads? >> sus yooerx i would not lose that in the airport parking lot, i tell you that. >> susie: one thing it doesn't v it doesn't have an engine, i just wanted to let you know. >> tom: plenty of beads but no engine, thank you. >> susie: that's "nightly business report" for thursday, february 16. i'm susie gharib. good night, everyone, and good night to you, too, tom. >> tom: good night, susie. i'm tom hudson. good night, everyone. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org test test

. >> reporter: bishops will rise to the position of cardinals including edmond o'brien. like the pope he's very conservative. >> i have new responsibilities now and i'll take those responsibilities very seriously to serve the needs and the purposes of the holy father and the church universal. >> reporter: an order of catholic nuns will follow the journey. >> for many of them it was a dream come true. >> arch bishop has been so good to us. he's such a special person to all of us. this is our house. >> reporter: the vatican is a world away from baltimore, some 4,000 miles. but technology creates an instant link to this ancient cities for students at mount carmel church. the students skypeed with the bishop and asked questions, including how is the weather in rome. >> the students usually wear white but today they were allowed to wear red in honor of the cardinal. mary bubala, wjz eyewitness news. >>> on monday the nuns from cato nville will be part of the papal audience. for the latest stories and the link to the catholic review two to wjz.com. >>> coming up an incredible

edmund chain -- edmond chang, doing buisiness as shabu pub. mr. king, you are up. what happened to mr. king? nicolas? go for it. >> there was a belated request for a cantonese interpreter. i am checking with the applicant to see if he wanted to proceed or not. vice chair joseph: do we have an interpreter? >> no. vice chair joseph: and you just got the request? does the applicant want a continuance? > i just checked with him and he said no. this is mr. chang, the owner and operator. this is a place of entertainment permit for karaoke. i'll turn it to him. vice chair joseph: mr. chang? do you speak english? >> a little bit. ce cirjoseph: a little bit. can you telle atbout you >> do liketaur. we jnt tgee entertainment?eph: whatustomer >> singing karaoke. ce cir joseph: ok. anybody have any questions? commissioner cavellini: have you had a karaoke bar before? ye commissioner cavellini: i am sorry. i do not speak chinese. in san francisco you had a karaoke bar? or you have been working at a carrier cou barefore? >> mostly, i do entertainmen around the b area for many ye

and superstar producers, foster and kenny bab "babyface" edmond why whitney's voice wasn't what it used to be. piling on pressure. was whitney's fame too much to bear? >> fame itself is an addictive drug and fame creates an image you cannot live up to. >> our spiritual guru, deepak chopra, was hollywood to blame? this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. whr whitney houston's family preparing to say private good-bye's at the new hope baptist church and gospel singer and parsons wymans has been asked to give a eulogy and plan to have a jumbotron outside so people can watch. i talk to those dloes the superstar diva. >>> and crisis in the middle east, is iran behind it? i asked a top member of the israeli government? >> they would like to take control of the persian empire and the oil fields in the middle east and to have a nuclear bomb. >> we begin with our big story, latest on whitney houston's tragic death. i want to start by bringing you cnn's don lemon covering the store in los angeles where whitney died saturday night. you've been with us from the start, endless twists and turns. i

michael edmonds is serving a six-year sentence for armed robbery. to administrative segregation for striking an officer. >> i had used vulgar language and he had locked me down. and i really wasn't happy about it. i told him i was going to smack him. so i went to sleep, woke back up, he was there. got out of my cell, just went over and smacked him. it's different when you can't do nothing, being by yourself. so you got to [ muted ] where you sleep. what do you think? it's no good. it's all bad. >> good morning. how we doing today? >> fine. >> edmunds meets with prison officials to see if he can transition back into general population. >> today's date is 4/14/06 and this is an initial classification for prisoner michael edmonds. >> the proceedings are taped and retained as an official record. >> you have four months out of 68 for 6% of your time served. involvement with alcohol and drugs is scored as never. no referral for mental health. under disciplinary you have two majors. you have a b-8 and a b-2. >> these hearings are held on a point system. be

nbc 4 took the opportunity to honor lieutenant general albert edmonds for his work in ment mentoring african-americans in business. a member of the nbc 4 board told us why she nominated her former boss to be profiled for this achievement. >> he nurtures people, and they don't even know that he is nurturing them. he has mentored so many people. both military and civilian alike. and many of us owe our advances in our career to him. >> i've done things i'm proud of since starting my companies. mentoring small businesses. at least two or three companies i've incorporated and turned them over without cost. >> lieutenant general edmonds says he's focused on helping educate young african-americans in technology fields. >> thank you for all the work that you do. >>> the nfl draft is still more than a month away, but the redskins are reportedly already making a play for one of the most coveted quarterbacks. the "washington post" is reporting that the redskins are willing to give up their sixth overall africa this year. their first -- overall pick from this year. their first pick for next year

two or lee companies incorporated. >> lieutenant general edmond says he's now focused on helping educate young african-americans and in technology fields. >>> a wildlife tour in alaska quickly went from serene to squarey when a grizzly bear charged tourists. look at that. check this out. this was on youtube. the group was in the middle of a four-hour sightseeing tour when the bear came out of the woods. the group stood still as the merely eight-foot tall grizzly circled their camp. at one point the bear even sniffed the hood of one of the tourists as he sat on his chair. sat still. i guess everyone was safe afterwards. take a look now at stories we are going to be following news4 this afternoon. pat lawson muse joins us in the newsroom with a preview of things to come. >> bash remarks coming up this afternoon on "news4 at 4:00," target pulls a controversial greeting card from the shelves because of what it said about singer whitney houston. believe it or not, this woman has been married for more than 50 years. we will reveal her age and tell you what she says is her fountain of youth. al

today, pg&e edmonds the company lost the original 16 members but also lost an additional 46 pipeline maps of an area stretching from fresno to menlo county. that means the company did not check larger areas for pipeline leaks. all of this is a violation of state regulations. after the original submission there were fined 16.8 million. >>charles: st. ignatius was stricken with the fast- moving case of gastroenteritis. details coming up. >>grant: this just in, we have an update to this story we first told you about at the top of the hour, a man stuck in a trench in of redwood after the trench collapsed. we're looking at a live picture, even see crews surrounding the trench. apparently the homeowner was inside of a 12 ft. ditch. one of the walls collapsed and he was buried up to his neck. we're hearing that he is being removed from the trench as we speak. but there is an ambulance in the right hand portion of your screen, it appears they are now taking batman, the homeowner who was stuck in the ditch, their voting him into the ambulance. lugar told that about 6:45 p.m., the crews were a

>>s in onions burke, not edmonds burke. >> yes, and he got to be known as onions because they had an onion patch. >> he was an onion farmer and a bar tender. >> that was not untypical of leadership of the party. but it -- >> hasn't changed either. >> no. no. but it started because that was when we determined that this guy who had just been elected to the senate and should take a shot at getting control of the mechanics of the party. now, that is really where you get recognition nationally. nobody cares who is chairman of the democratic party in new hampshire or any place else. but, who are the offices, but if you are getting ready for a convention, the people who care about who are the party leaders, want to know who is in charge. even though they find that being in charge doesn't put you in charge of much. but they did, so that was when we started the campaign for the control of democratic state committee. it was a event that went on and on and on, i remember clearly that it was on mother's day in the year in which the election was held when we were in the hotel park plaza, and the

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. >> reporter: phil reed of edmonds does come says before sealing the deal on a car you have to double-check the document. >> most people are focused on price but it's important to make sure all the details of your vehicle, including the v.i.n. number, are correct and in the right place. >> reporter: so why the delay in getting this fixed? well, bay city motors says the customerwho bought the other car involved is unresponsive and hasn't turned in the documents to correct it. the dmv made the switch. turns out they didn't need the other car's papers after all. >> that's great. it's resolved. that's what i'm looking for. >> reporter: the dmv says it will work to get those tickets into the name of the person who got them. but if you buy a car, check the paperwork carefully or you could end up with someone else's tickets. on the consumerwatch, julie watts, cbs 5. >>> well, roberta, a lot of people hoping to get out of town for the holiday weekend. some people staying in town. what's the weather going to be like? >> a lot of people staying in town. unless you were along the coast, let me show yo

whistle blowers sibel edmonds has accused america of playing particularly dirty while leading a campaign for regime change in syria but it's not some kind of. simultaneously op rising situation where people are a ballet and then suddenly they are mysteriously armed and mysteriously arms are being smuggled into syria from cherokee well who who is providing this arms nobody is asking in the us media well these are u.s. arms shipped to turkey this as the u.s. military complex flush with record revenue continues to lobby its interests on capitol hill arms manufacturers are some of the biggest companies in america they're some of the most powerful lockheed martin not only do they making so much for the defense department around the world there are federal contractor and many other levels there are going to vote in elections this statue outside the u.n. headquarters is a symbol of global peace and nonviolence but critics say the idea has been twisted by the u.s. which goes around advocating peace while arming countless conflicts all for the sake of profit marina point ny r.t. new york. it's go